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Speaker: Norman Ohler
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Claim type: belief
Recorded: 19 Sept 2025
Publisher: Lex Fridman Podcast
Episode: #481 – Norman Ohler: Hitler, Nazis, Drugs, WW2, Blitzkrieg, LSD, MKUltra & CIA

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…And I’m also doing a podcast with Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club and many other amazing books. He’s a great writer. Fight Club influenced me quite a bit. I think the novel is even better, maybe, than the movie. But the movie’s great. I mean, as he said, the movie is great, and that is almost like a bigger than life thing. Sometimes the book and the movie and those things can influence culture.…

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